Suzuki GS450E Overcharge

[Cipher]

Well its good its fixed but if its an OEM suzuki piece it will die. But pushing a motorcycle is good exercise.
If the part you orders is a sh775 install it when it comes.
I had three regulators die in a new bike in the 80s. The last one lasted for years but the first and second died quickly.
iirc they were 275 CAD a pop and with my trusty inflation calc that means crap suzuki electrics cost me:
$550 in 1985 is worth $1,386.90 today

What a sickening realization.

[ChickenStorm]

Why does the GS charging system seem to kill R/R so regularly? Is there a specific design choice causing them to fail?

[Cipher]

Why does the GS charging system seem to kill R/R so regularly? Is there a specific design choice causing them to fail?

There's a link to the stator papers somewhere on here.

[Nessism]

Why does the GS charging system seem to kill R/R so regularly? Is there a specific design choice causing them to fail?

I think Suzuki cheaped out on the R/R's they bought. They were small, thus they couldn't dissipate much heat. I also think their generators made too much power. And when using a common shunt type R/R, that means that all the unused power got sent back to the stator, where it was converted to HEAT, which burned it out.